Staff List

Randall Higgins (Reporter)

Randall Higgins covers news in Cleveland, Tenn., for the Times Free Press.
He started work with the Chattanooga Times in 1977 and joined the staff of the Chattanooga Times Free Press when the Free Press and Times merged in 1999.
Randall has covered Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia and Alabama. He now covers Cleveland and Bradley County and the neighboring region.
Randall is a Cleveland native. He has bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Technological University.
His awards include a 1977 Golden Press Card Award from Sigma Delta Chi (Society of Professional Journalists) for coverage of the Melisha Gibson child abuse and murder case. He worked for the Cleveland Daily Banner from 1972 to 1977.
Contact Randall at 423-314-1029 or rhiggins@timesfreepress.com.